Athena SWAN: A Dean’s perspective
Speaker: Professor Andrew W. Lloyd Date and time: 3 Feburary 2015, 15:00-17:00 Location: K101, Kimmeridge House, Talbot Campus, Bournemouth University Event Description: This presentation will outline...
View ArticleBU Faculty of Health & Social Sciences’ academics on Andalusian scientific...
BU Faculty of Health & Social Sciences academics, Dr Sara Ashencaen Crabtree and Prof Jonathan Parker, have been invited to join the scientific committee of Universidad de Málaga’s Project PASOS...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day Celebration Event held by WAN
Bournemouth University’s Women’s Academic Network (WAN) met at the Executive Business Centre to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) on 6 March 2015. It provided space for reflection on WAN’s...
View Article‘And the walls came tumbling down’ – BU involved in Palestinian-Israeli peace...
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict represents one of the most protracted and volatile in contemporary global politics. In Europe, we witness events from the outside through the shock and glare of...
View ArticleThe ‘Alternative Jerusalem Tour – after Jericho
A few days ago I wrote a BU blog reporting on a Palestinian-Israeli peace and reconciliation conference where I had invited to give a keynote lecture – a great and challenging honour. As stated, I was...
View ArticleSeeing through the Confucian ceiling: Chinese and Korean mothers in England
Dr Hyun-Joo Lim This year’s British Sociological Association annual conference was held at Glasgow Caledonian University on the theme of ‘Societies in Transition: Progression or Regression?’ Taking...
View ArticleGENERATION EXODUS! Rising from brutality’s crucible
Professor Otto Hutter As part of our on-going successful research seminar series at the Faculty of Heath & Social Sciences’ Centre for Social Work, Sociology & Social Policy, on the 27th May...
View ArticleNew book for Centre for Social Work, Sociology & Social Policy visiting...
It is our great pleasure to announce the publication of a comparative sociological, economic and social administrative study of social service provision in Spain and Costa Rica. Visiting fellow's new...
View ArticleWAN speaker event: ‘Inspiring our futures: High profile women at BU’
A lunchtime Women’s Academic Network (WAN) event on the 4th June to participate in a panel composed of three senior, high profile BU women proved to be one of our most popular WAN events. This drew in...
View Article5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies...
By Professor Ann Brooks, Professor of Sociology The 5th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies hosted by The University of Edinburgh was set against the stunning...
View ArticleThe Midwifery quilt online- URA scheme funded project
As part of my EdD thesis on ‘The essence of the art of a midwife..’ http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/16560/ I created a reflexive textile quilt, with each of the squares representing an entry in my research...
View ArticleWomen Innovators – EU Prize
Are you or do you know a Woman Innovator? With the EU Prize for Women Innovators, the European Commission wants to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their...
View ArticleAmerican Sociological Association Annual Conference in Chicago, Puts Romance,...
By Professor Ann Brooks The American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Conference in August, set against the stunning backdrop of the city of Chicago and Lake Ontario, and the socio-cultural...
View ArticlePublic engagement success – Biology Week in local school receives thousands...
Saturday 10th – Sunday 18th October saw the celebration of Biology Week nationwide. To join the celebrations Genoveva Esteban and Daniel Franklin from the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences...
View ArticleCongratulations to Prof. Brooks
BU Professor Ann Brooks has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS). Ann Brooks is Professor of Sociology at Bournemouth University since January 2015. Ann has held senior...
View ArticleInge Award 2015 received by Julia Round (CsJCC)
In March 2015 I received QR funding to attend the Popular Culture Association conference in New Orleans with colleagues from the CsJCC. This was a fantastic experience due to the scale and scope of...
View ArticleNovember Café Scientific joint venture between FHSS & FMC
This month’s Café Scientific last week (Nov. 3rd) was run as a collaboration between CMMPH and the Media School. Café Scientific is a monthly event hosted at Café Boscanova for Bournemouth University....
View ArticleSuccessful ESRC Festival of Social Sciences in EBC today
This afternoon Prof. Jonathan Parker introduced the final of three session in the Executive Business Centre under the title ‘Enhancing social life through global social research: Part 3. Social science...
View ArticleTalk by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers, Room P411, Wednesday 18th Nov 15,...
All staff members and students welcome. This is the third seminar in the Social Science Seminar Series. Wednesday 18th November 2015, Poole House, P411, 2-3 pm. Organiser: Dr Mastoureh Fathi, FHSS...
View ArticleTalk by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers cancelled
Unfortunately we are cancelling the talk: Ethnographies of Memory – the cultural reproduction of militancy in Kosovo by Dr Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers. We apologise for the late notice. This is...
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